In the jungle-clad mountains of the Sierra Nevada, Colombia, we visited a cocaine lab run by a coca farmer. How do you make cocaine? Take some coca leaves, a number of nasty substances, add some bullets, some scary para-military soldiers, a dash of guerrillas, some corrupt cops and a ...

The Gates of Hell “All hope abandon, ye who enter here.” Dante Alighieri. “The way down to hell is easy. The gates?stand open day and night. But to retrace one’s steps and escape to upper air ? that is toil, that is labor.” Virgil. On March 22, 2003, the Department of Defense an...

The Credit Card Offer One day I got a call from my credit card company asking me if I would like to increase my credit limit by borrowing up to $9000 at their special rate of 15.9%. The operator stated, “Your credit card rate will then be a low 15.9%. How much would you like to transfer today to take a...

The city of Florence and its past The city of Florence, or Florentia according to its Italian name, was founded in the first century B.C. by the Romans. This way, it has passed through a really great amount of different periods and ?poques which have caused different influences on it, and meeting this town a...

The best part of star hotel booking comes in form of its online availability Whenever someone plans the tour during his or her vacation, then accommodation becomes a key factor. Usually accommodation refers to hotels and these are rated with a star system, which generally correlates with the hotels’ pr...